Usage:
New Oxford Formation of Newark Supergroup (PA*,MD*)
New Oxford Formation of Newark Group (PA)
New Oxford Formation (PA)
Geologic age:
Triassic, Late*
Carnian, middle*
Carnian, late*
Type section, locality, area and/or origin of name:
Type section (composite): measured sections in and around New Oxford, McSherrystown 7.5-min quadrangle, Adams Co., PA (Stose and Bascom, 1929).
AAPG geologic province:
Newark basin*
For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.
Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.
"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).
Slash (/) indicates name conflicts with nomenclatural guidelines (CSN, 1933; ACSN, 1961, 1970; NACSN, 1983, 2005, 2021). May be explained within brackets ([ ]).